Hoo'd Win: The guy who fights robots, or the robots who fight monsters?

[thebitterguy]

Welcome, one and all, to the first Hoo'd Win of 2008!

Today, two titans of the comics world come to clash in our arena (no relation to Arena, the comic series that has ripped me off, but good).

In the Red Singlet is Magnus, Robot Fighter! This hero hails from a future where humanity struggles to overcome its robotic overlords. Magnus is a master of anti-robot kung fu, which allows him to punch right through a robot's chest. In spite of his propensity to share fashion sense with Zap Brannigan, Magnus is a warrior dedicated to defending humanity against any robotic threats, both foreign and domestic.

The Metal Men are a cadre of robots, each fashioned after an element. Under the guidance of robosexualist Dr. Will Magnus (a coincidence?), they have partaken in a variety of missions to defend humanity against a variety of threats, from giant anthropomorphic catholic chemical vats that acheive a crude sentience, to giant flying manta rays that shoot flames, to their evil counterparts, the Death Metal Men.

Surely, this will be a battle to rattle the pillars of Robot Heaven! Who will be victorious, man or machines? You! Make! The! Call!

[Poll #1118416]

Comments

[thebitterguy]

I pick Magnus, because the entire Metal Men oeuvre seems to consist of them trying to fight something, failing, and Will doing soemthing crazy that stops the foe temporarily.

[gamera-spinning.livejournal.com]

The irony here is that the creation of the Metal Men is Doc Magnus.

Magnus, Robot Fighter may be one tough MoFo, but Doc Magnus is good friends with Niles Caulder, and Niles is about as stable as John Brown and Charles Manson, except that he's a dangerous super genius!

[stop-no-dont.livejournal.com]

I went with Magnus RF, too. And dear goodness, I hope this doesn't lead to any Platinum/MRF slash ...

[thebitterguy]

As long as it isn't Mercury/MRF slash, I'm fine.

[deven-science.livejournal.com]

I had to go with Magnus, Robot Fighter, and here's my thinking:

The Metal Men don't call themselves Metal Men, Human Fighters. It's in the guy's name. That's what he does. He may have some trouble punching through some of the heavier metals, but in the end, he would defeat them, one way or another.

As a side note, this may be the first time in Hoo'd Win history that I voted in the same direction as the majority on these damn things.

[perich.livejournal.com]

Under the guidance of robosexualist Dr. Will Magnus (a coincidence?

Were this DC comics they'd be retconned father and son.

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

Back in the day, my brother was a big Magnus fan, and while I really know he'd win, I liked Metal Men, and give them the sympathy vote.

[iamheavenrender.livejournal.com]

While Magnus was busy smacking the spit out of Lead and Iron, Mercury would get to him as a liquid, rush down his various orifices, and massively poison him for the win.

Sure, there'd be a few less Metal Men afterwards, but they kinda blow anyway, so it's win/win, right?

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm going to completely bypass the question of how effective the Robot Fighter's break-brittle-steel moves would be against the Alchemist's Answer to Plastic Man. It really comes down to this:

Magnus: Robot Fighter's whole shtick is breaking robots.

The Metal Men's whole shtick is getting broken.

So MRF FTW.

It's a hollow victory, though, because Doc (who's either his ancestor or his parallel-universe self) is just going to gather up their Responsometers and rebuild'em all.

Cuz that's their shtick.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Nephew. C'mon, Will's never gonna BREED.

[thebitterguy]

One of the great drawbacks of written communication is I can't make some kind of pun where I rhyme Platina with vagina.

For the best, I suppose.

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

The Metal Men often get rebuilt.

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

I voted Metal Men based on their performance in their first appearance.

The later Metal Men would lose but in a comical way.

[thebitterguy]

They CONSTANTLY get rebuilt. They're very environmentally friendly that way.